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Pronunciation / Transliteration: /kaŋˈɡɾe.xa/
"El barco ajustó la vela cangreja."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A fore-and-aft sail set on the aftermost mast of a vessel.
"The crew adjusted the spanker to catch the shifting evening breeze." - 2
A person who or thing that spanks; also used colloquially to describe something large, striking, or fast.
"She ordered a spanker of a dinner to celebrate the occasion."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the verb 'spank' (of uncertain origin, likely imitative or related to dialectal words meaning to slap or move quickly), combined with the agent suffix '-er'. Originally appearing in maritime terminology during the 18th century to describe a specific fore-and-aft sail, it later developed general agent noun senses.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Spanker" is said worldwide
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Fraise
Transliteration: /fʁɛz/
"Le voilier a hissé la flèche."
Spanker
Transliteration: /ˈʃpɛŋkɐ/
"Das Schiff setzte das Gaffelsegel."
Randa
Transliteration: /ˈran.da/
"La barca ha issato la randa."
Cangreja
Transliteration: /kaŋˈɡɾe.xa/
"El barco ajustó la vela cangreja."
Cangreia
Transliteration: /kɐ̃ˈɡɾej.ɐ/
"A embarcação içou a vela cangreia."
पिछला पाल
Transliteration: pichala pal
"नाव ने पिछले पाल को समायोजित किया।"
斜桁帆
Transliteration: xié héng fān
"船员们调整了斜桁帆。"
스팽커
Transliteration: seupaeng-keo
"배가 스팽커 돛을 펼쳤습니다."
スパンカー
Transliteration: supankā
"帆船はスパンカー帆を調整した。"
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